Rhodium-doped barium titanate nonlinear mirror for high beam quality pulsed Nd:YAG lasers

Author

Brignon, Arnaud ; Huignard, Jean-Pierre

Author_Institution

Central Res. Lab., Thomson-CSF, Orsay, France

Volume

87

Issue

12

fYear

1999

fDate

12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2050

Lastpage

2058

Abstract

We review the recent results obtained with Rh:BaTiO₃ as a phase conjugate mirror for a pulsed Nd:YAG laser operating in the near infrared (1.06 μm). The phase conjugate reflectivity, the response time, and the fidelity obtained using an internal loop self-pumped phase conjugate geometry are presented. High beam quality master-oscillator power amplifier Nd:YAG lasers with an Rh:BaTiO₃ phase conjugate mirror are presented in both low-repetition rate flash-lamp pumped and high-repetition rate diode-pumped laser architectures. The performances of the Rh:BaTiO₃ crystal are compared with those obtained with a conventional Brillouin mirror

Keywords

barium compounds; laser mirrors; optical phase conjugation; reviews; rhodium; solid lasers; 1.06 mum; BaTiO₃:Rh; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; conventional Brillouin mirror; fidelity; high beam quality master-oscillator power amplifier Nd:YAG lasers; high beam quality pulsed Nd:YAG lasers; high-repetition rate diode-pumped laser architecture; internal loop self-pumped phase conjugate geometry; low-repetition rate flash-lamp pumped laser architecture; near infrared; phase conjugate mirror; phase conjugate reflectivity; response time; rhodium-doped barium titanate nonlinear mirror; Barium; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Reflectivity; Titanium compounds;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.805920

Filename

805920